HR 4904

Summary

Pedestrian Hazard, Awareness, and Safety Expansion Act of 2025 or the PHASE Act of 2025 This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to conduct studies and award grants to improve road safety for pedestrians and vulnerable road users. Specifically, the bill directs NIST to transmit to DOT potential solutions to improve and enhance traffic control devices using innovative technologies in order to better equip vehicle operators (including bicycles) and protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users.  In addition, DOT must establish a program to provide grants to cities, Indian tribes, and municipalities to implement infrastructure that improves pedestrian safety (e.g., innovative technology for crosswalks, expanded buffer zones, and upgraded highway traffic signals). DOT must also carry out a study on developing physical alternatives to better protect pedestrians and vulnerable road users from traffic incidents.

Bill status

Status

In committee

Sponsor

Rep. Norma J. Torres [D-CA-35]

Cosponsors

2

Policy area

Transportation and Public Works

Introduced

2025-08-05

Latest action

2025-08-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Committee referrals

• Science, Space, and Technology Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-08-05
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-08-05

Recent actions

• 2025-08-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
• 2025-08-05: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-08-05: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-08-05: Introduced in House
• 2025-08-05: Introduced in House